Best Thing

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"Best Thing"
Best Thing.Styx.jpg
Single by Styx
from the album Styx
ReleasedJuly 1972 (US) [1]
Genre Progressive rock
Length3:13
Label Wooden Nickel Records
Songwriter(s) Dennis DeYoung, James Young
Styx singles chronology
"Best Thing"
(1972)		"Lady"
(1973)

"Best Thing" is the first single released by the band Styx from their self-titled debut album, Styx (1972). It charted at #82 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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Cash Box said that "high vocal harmonies and tight, rocky organ and lead guitar work accentuate this dynamic, searing track." [2] Record World said that "strong percussion and organ riffs highlight this heavy rocker" and that it has "good harmonies, too." [3]

The song was also included on the 1979 US reissue of the band's fourth album, Man of Miracles

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1972)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [4] 82

References

  1. ↑ "Styx singles". Archived from the original on 2021-07-24. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  2. ↑ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. July 12, 1975. p. 23. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-14. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  3. ↑ "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. July 22, 1972. p. 238. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  4. ↑ "Styx Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2024.


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